<vn='1'>In the <sn="8066">eighth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, in the <sn="8147">second</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="1867">Darius</s>, <sn="1961">came</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1296">Berechiah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5714">Iddo</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath been sore <sn="7107 7110">displeased</s><sn="5921">with</s> your <sn="1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Therefore <sn="559">say</s> thou <sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; <sn="7725">Turn</s> ye <sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, and I will <sn="7725">turn</s><sn="413">unto</s> you, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1961">Be</s> ye <sn="408">not</s> as your <sn="1">fathers</s>, <sn="413">unto</s><sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="7223">former</s><sn="5030">prophets</s> have <sn="7121">cried</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; <sn="7725">Turn</s> ye <sn="4994">now</s> from your <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="4480 1870">ways</s>, and from your <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="4611">doings</s>: but they did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="7181">hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Your <sn="1">fathers</s>, <sn="346">where</s> are <sn="1992">they</s>? and the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, do they <sn="2421">live</s><sn="5769">forever</s>? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="389">But</s> my <sn="1697">words</s> and my <sn="2706">statutes</s>, <sn="834">which</s> I <sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5650">servants</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, did they <sn="3808">not</s> take <sn="5381">hold</s> of your <sn="1">fathers</s>? and they <sn="7725">returned</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, Like <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="2161">thought</s> to <sn="6213">do</s> unto us, according to our <sn="1870">ways</s>, and according to our <sn="4611">doings</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> hath he <sn="6213">dealt</s><sn="854">with</s> us. </v>
<vn='7'>Upon the <sn="702">four</s> and <sn="6242">twentieth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="6249 6240">eleventh</s><sn="2320">month</s>, <sn="1931">which</s> is the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="7627">Sebat</s>, in the <sn="8147">second</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="1867">Darius</s>, <sn="1961">came</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1296">Berechiah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5714">Iddo</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='8'>I <sn="7200">saw</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>, and <sn="2009">behold</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="7392">riding</s><sn="5921">upon</s> a <sn="122">red</s><sn="5483">horse</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="996">among</s> the myrtle <sn="1918">trees</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="4699">bottom</s>; and <sn="310">behind</s> him were there <sn="122">red</s><sn="5483">horses</s>, <sn="8320">speckled</s>, and <sn="3836">white</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Then <sn="559">said</s> I, O my <sn="113">lord</s>, <sn="4100">what</s> are <sn="428">these</s>? And the <sn="4397">angel</s> that <sn="1696">talked</s> with me <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="7200">show</s> thee <sn="4100">what</s><sn="428">these</s> be. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="376">man</s> that <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="996">among</s> the myrtle <sn="1918">trees</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="428">These</s> are they <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7971">sent</s> to walk to and <sn="1980">fro</s> through the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And they <sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> that <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="996">among</s> the myrtle <sn="1918">trees</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, We have walked to and <sn="1980">fro</s> through the <sn="776">earth</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">earth</s> sitteth <sn="3427">still</s>, and is at <sn="8252">rest</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Then the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, how <sn="5704 4970">long</s> wilt <sn="859">thou</s><sn="3808">not</s> have mercy <sn="7355">on</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> and on the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, against <sn="834">which</s> thou hast had <sn="2194">indignation</s><sn="2088">these</s> threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="8141">years</s>? </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4397">angel</s> that <sn="1696">talked</s> with me with <sn="2896">good</s><sn="1697">words</s> and <sn="5150">comfortable</s><sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>So the <sn="4397">angel</s> that <sn="1696">communed</s> with me <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="7121">Cry</s> thou, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; I am <sn="7065">jealous</s> for <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> and for <sn="6726">Zion</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7068">jealousy</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="1419">very</s> sore <sn="7107 7110">displeased</s><sn="5921">with</s> the <sn="1471">heathen</s> that are at <sn="7600">ease</s>: <sn="834">for</s><sn="589">I</s> was but a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="7107">displeased</s>, and <sn="1992">they</s><sn="5826">helped</s> forward the <sn="7451">affliction</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; I am <sn="7725">returned</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> with <sn="7356">mercies</s>: my <sn="1004">house</s> shall be <sn="1129">built</s> in it, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, and a <sn="6957">line</s> shall be stretched <sn="5186">forth</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="7121">Cry</s><sn="5750">yet</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; My <sn="5892">cities</s> through <sn="4480 2896">prosperity</s> shall <sn="5750">yet</s> be spread <sn="6327">abroad</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="5162">comfort</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6726">Zion</s>, and shall <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="977">choose</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then lifted I <sn="5375">up</s><sn="*853"></s> mine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="7200">saw</s>, and <sn="2009">behold</s><sn="702">four</s><sn="7161">horns</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And I <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4397">angel</s> that <sn="1696">talked</s> with me, <sn="4100">What</s> be <sn="428">these</s>? And he <sn="559 413">answered</s> me, <sn="428">These</s> are the <sn="7161">horns</s><sn="834">which</s> have <sn="2219">scattered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">showed</s> me <sn="702">four</s><sn="2796">carpenters</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then <sn="559">said</s> I, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="428">these</s> to <sn="6213">do</s>? And he <sn="559">spoke</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="428">These</s> are the <sn="7161">horns</s><sn="834">which</s> have <sn="2219">scattered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3063">Judah</s>, so that <sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s> did lift <sn="5375">up</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>: but <sn="428">these</s> are <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="2729">frighten</s> them, to cast <sn="3034">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7161">horns</s> of the <sn="1471">Gentiles</s>, which lifted <sn="5375">up</s> their <sn="7161">horn</s><sn="413">over</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> to <sn="2219">scatter</s> it. </v>